M4.4 earthquake 43 km E of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 43 km E of Arica, Chile on Sat, Jul 30, 2022, 11:31 AM GMT-4 (15:31 UTC), 130 km (81 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 77 km SSE of Arica, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-07-30 15:31:36 UTC
- Depth
- 130.0 km (80.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 18.432° S, 69.884° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.4 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Tarapaca, Chile · 1526 days ago · 116 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.577 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1521 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5125 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1520 days ago · 123 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 4.390 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1519 days ago · 111 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.515 km NNW of Cami?a, Chile · 1506 days ago · 106 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.470 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1499 days ago · 97 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3111 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 1489 days ago · 117 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.447 km E of Arica, Chile · 1479 days ago · 121 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.293 km SSE of Arica, Chile · 1468 days ago · 62 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000i6su. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:39 AM UTC.